Twisa Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Twisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twisa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1561:339,36925,249
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Twisa (116) may also be a first name.

Twisa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Twisa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Twisa (Bengali: তেইসা) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Twisa.

How Common Is The Last Name Twisa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,385,851st most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Twisa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Twisa is also the 868,627th most commonly used given name internationally. It is borne by 116 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 339,369. In Tanzania Twisa is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 90 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania Twisa occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Twisa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Twisa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Twisa surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twaisa9129/
Twisha9124/
Twissa9115/
Thwisha833/
Thwisap831/
Tuisa80262/
Twiza804/
Twesa804/
Twija804/
Twise802/
Twisi801/
Thwitsha772/
Twishaus770/
Twaise73357/
Twesha7373/
Twessa7351/
Tuisha7342/
Tuitsa7328/
Twisse7327/
Dwisah738/
Tuisat738/
Twishi738/
Dwisha738/
Tuisea736/
Tuisay736/
Twizia734/
Thwesa732/
Twices732/
Tweija732/
Tweisi732/
Twisie732/
Tweisy731/
Dwisai731/
Twaiso731/
Twisho731/
Tweiso731/
Twaiza731/
Twaija731/
Twizah731/
Twissi731/
Tuisia731/
Tuisad731/
Tuisaa731/
Thwesha67496/
Twaissi6723/
Dweisah6711/
Twaishy674/
Tweissi672/
Twaysat671/
Tuitsha671/
Tuhaisa671/
Tweisge671/
Tweicha671/
Twaicha671/
Twaaise671/
Thwishe671/
Twissie670/
Twisher670/
Twitser670/

Twisa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Twisa in the Bengali language
তেইসাte'isa-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Twisa
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